Despite a vast literature documenting the harmful effects ofclimate change on various socio-economic outcomes, littleevidence exists on the global impacts of hotter temperatureon poverty and inequality. Analysis of a new global paneldataset of subnational poverty in 134 countries finds thata...

Hardly any evidence exists on the effects of mental illness on refugee labor outcomes. This paper offers the first study on this topic in the context of Australia, one of the host countries with the largest number of refugees per capita in the world. Analyzing the Building a New Life in...

While urbanization has great potential to facilitate poverty reduction, climate shocks represent a looming threat to such upward mobility. This paper empirically analyzes the effects of climatic risks on the function of urban agglomerations to support poor households to escape from poverty....